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All the Times Eric Holder Kept It Completely 100
It was nothing for Attorney General Eric Holder to tell ABC News that Sarah Palin “wasn’t a particularly good vice presidential candidate” and for him to suggest, in his own way, that she ought to read the Constitution before proposing that President Barack Obama be impeached—seeing as how there would be no legal basis for…
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Why Isn’t Billy Dee Williams in Star Wars: Episode 7?
When the cast photo for the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII was released in April, nerds everywhere jumped for joy. The rumors that had been swirling around for a few years were true. Not only were Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher reprising their roles from the original trilogy, but they were apparently going…
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An Open Letter to My White Stepmom
Before I delve too deeply into this, I want to remind you that I do love you. It is because I love you that I am writing this letter. It’s true that in typical teenage fashion, I replaced the sadness of my mother’s absence with resentment for your presence. Still, you’ve never done anything to…
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Report: 100 AIDS Conference Delegates Aboard MH17
An estimated 100 delegates en route to the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, reportedly died aboard downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, according to a statement released Friday by Daniel C. Montoya, deputy executive director of the National Minority AIDS Council. Among those who died was Dutch researcher Joep Lange, a former president of the…
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Straight Outta Compton Casting Call Is Probably the Most Racist One Ever
It looks as though production is under way for Universal Studio’s N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. Last month it was announced that former group member Ice Cube is producing the movie with fellow member Dr. Dre and Eazy-E’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright. Director of the film F. Gary Gray described the script as a “dramatic story that…
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Family of Man Fatally Shot by Undercover NYPD Cop Settles for $2M
The family of Shem Walker, an unarmed Army veteran who was killed by a New York City undercover detective in 2009, has settled with the city for $2.25 million, according to the New York Daily News. The 49-year-old man was killed in a July 11, 2009, altercation with the detective, who appeared to be loitering…
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VSB Roundtable: How Fake Deep Was Your Fake Deep?
The majority of the people reading this were either in high school or college when Love Jones/Def Poetry Jam fever hit the Bougie Black nation, turning everyone into some awkward combination of Saul Williams and Miss Cleo. Christina Eichelberger posed a great question to the rest of the VSB contributors: How fake deep was your…
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Obama Administration: Undocumented Child Migrants Are Not Spreading Disease
Administration Disagrees With Assertions by Columnists The Obama administration has denied suggestions by at least two columnists that the children migrating to the United States from Central America are potentially spreading communicable diseases. “CDC does not believe the children arriving at U.S. borders pose a public health risk to the general public or U.S. communities,”…
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Record-Breaking Attendance at the Essence Music Festival
Event Boosts Magazine, Raises Millions for New Orleans “The 20th annual ESSENCE Festival attracted a record-breaking 550,000 attendees from around the world to New Orleans this Fourth of July weekend, earning the distinction of being the largest gathering in the event’s history,” Essence Communications announced on Monday. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said Friday that…
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Leaked: An Email Exchange Between Wale and Meek Mill
Earlier today, news broke that Meek Mill decided to air out Wale for “hating” and not being supportive via Twitter. He accused the industry of having different kinds of racists (?). Actually, just read the words of Meek Mill below: When u young and successful..U experience a different type of racism.and it brings jealousy,hate & a new…